Report: DHB signed

I know this is a little late, practice ran all morning followed by an hour of interviews.

So before lunch is served, No. 7 overall pick Darrius Heyward-Bey has signed a five-year contract, as first reported by Adam Schefter and confirmed by a Raiders official.

Sports agent Alvin Keels tweeted the deal had $23.5 million guaranteed and $38.25 million in base salary with a maximum value of $54 million, according to his league source. Why does Keels care if he doesn’t represent DHB? Because he’s got the No. 6 pick, Andre Smith of the Bengals.

Raiders coach Tom Cable would not confirm the signing, saying he did not know because he was at the first practice of training camp. DHB wasn’t because the deal was still being worked out at team headquarters in Oakland.

In other quick-hit news …

** Still no Derrick Burgess, and don’t ask Cable about it because he doesn’t want to talk about it.

** DHB could be at today’s afternoon practice if the league approves the contract in a hurry. If he is, one player won’t be — and the guess here is quarterback Andrew Walter will be cut (and gladly so).

** Wide receiver Javon Walker (knee) starts camp on the Physically Unable to Perform list. Robert Gallery doesn’t, but he rather he is on the Reserve Non-Football Illness/Injury list as he recovers from an appendectomy.

** Practice had no contact. Nothing but position drills and semi-plays being run as they focused on footwork, being in position, etc. When the offense lined up with the defense, the play was whistled dead before it could develop beyond the line of scrimmage.

It will stay this way for another three days of two-a-days before the pads go on Monday. Players all sing the same tune — this is smart, this is better — and of course they do. The easier the better, considering they’ve got to be here 31 days.